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Spiced swordfish with pearl barley and cardamom (Nelly Robinson)
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Ingredients
- 400 g pearl barley
- 800 g water
- 300 g Parmesan cheese, cut into pieces (3 cm)
- 150 g manchego cheese, cut into pieces (3 cm)
Spice Mix
- 30 g cumin seeds
- 15 g ground lemon myrtle
- 10 g black peppercorns
- 5 g fennel seeds
- 5 g pink peppercorns (optional)
- 6 swordfish, fillets (approx. 165 g each - see Tips)
Cardamom mousse
- 5 cardamom pods
- 3 Szechuan peppercorns
- 1 dried bay leaf
- ¼ tsp fresh lemon thyme (see Tips)
- 125 g liquid fish stock (see Tips)
- 125 g full cream milk
- 15 g soy sauce
Herb puree
- 120 g extra virgin olive oil
- 100 g fresh baby spinach leaves
- 1 bunch fresh parsley, leaves only
- 1 bunch fresh tarragon, leaves only
- 1 bunch fresh coriander, leaves only
Risotto
- 1 brown onion, cut into quarters
- 1 garlic clove
- 20 g extra virgin olive oil, plus an extra 2-3 tbsp to fry
- 875 g liquid fish stock
- 2 pinches sea salt
- 2 pinches ground white pepper
- 3 tsp unsalted butter
- lemon juice, to drizzle
- 150 g sour cream
- 200 g frozen baby peas, thawed
- 300 g frozen broad beans, thawed and shelled
Assembly
- 2 g xanthan gum
- 50 g unsalted butter
- ½ lemon, juice only
- 1 bunch fresh dill, leaves only, to garnish
- 1 bunch sorrel, leaves only, to garnish
- edible flowers, to garnish
- Nutrition
- per 1 portion
- Calories
- 5516.2 kJ / 1318.4 kcal
- Protein
- 74.2 g
- Carbohydrates
- 82.3 g
- Fat
- 79.2 g
- Saturated Fat
- 29.3 g
- Fibre
- 23 g
- Sodium
- 1616.4 mg
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